Friday, August 30, 2024

Prayer Focus
Pray for the protection of all Israeli intelligence personnel who are embedded behind enemy lines. Give thanks also for the advanced technology that allows collection of information remotely. Pray that the disagreements that led Iran and Hezbollah to act independently would result in more division between these two forces.

Scripture

So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: “Rise up, O LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You.”

- Numbers 10:35

Prayer Focus
Pray for the IDF forces tasked with eliminating the leaders of terrorist groups who pose significant threats to Israel’s security. Pray for accurate intelligence to reveal the hiding places of terrorists and weapons in Judea and Samaria—Israel’s biblical heartland. Pray for the Israeli citizens who call Judea and Samaria home, as they live with the daily possibility of terror attacks.

Scripture

The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant, saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment of your inheritance.”

- 1 Chronicles 16:16–18

Prayer Focus
Give thanks for the dramatic increase in the number of Jewish people immigrating to Israel and also for the many applications that have been opened for future aliyah. Pray that these new Israeli citizens will be quickly absorbed into the fabric of the country and will feel at home in their new surroundings.

Scripture

Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth.

- Isaiah 43:5–6

Prayer Focus
Intercede for Prime Minister Netanyahu as he firmly implements the Security Cabinet decision that “Gaza will never again constitute a security threat”—and that this requires Israeli control of the Philadelphi Corridor, previously a well-known smuggling route of weapons to Hamas. Pray for unity within the Israeli government as pressure from the global community increases.

Scripture

Truly my soul silently waits for God; from Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

- Psalm 62:1–2

Prayer Focus
Rejoice for this “sign of light among the darkness,” asking the Lord to encourage the families of the remaining hostages with hope. Pray for those held hostage in unthinkable conditions, asking the Lord to strengthen them and fill them with His presence as they wait for the day of their freedom.

Scripture

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

- Deuteronomy 6:4–5

Prayer Focus
Offer thanks to the Lord that He shielded the named targets of Glilot and the Ein Shemer base through the IDF’s preemptive attack. Pray for confusion to interrupt any other plans of the enemy to destroy infrastructure—military or civilian—in the Land of Israel. Pray that, just as in the days of Hezekiah, the Lord will defend His people.

Scripture

Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: “He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor build a siege mound against it.”

- 2 Kings 19:32

Prayer Focus
Let’s echo the words of the veteran journalist, “I see this as a miracle. God thoroughly thwarts the plans of Hezbollah…” while crying out for continued vigilance with regard to future attacks. Pray that Israelis throughout the Land will acknowledge this preemptive attack as a miracle from God and put their trust in Him.

Scripture

For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

- Deuteronomy 32:3–4

Prayer Focus
Continue to pray for the commanders and soldiers of the IDF who often put their own lives on the line in order to protect civilians. Pray for the Lebanese citizens as well as those in Gaza, who are at the mercy of terror organizations that do not value human life. Pray that the Lord will encourage and strengthen the IDF as it battles for the security and safety of its own people with an enemy who hides among its civilian population.

Scripture

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.

- Deuteronomy 30:19

Prayer Focus
Pray for an awakening in the media to the blatant anti-Semitism that is being put forward as truth, as the content of many articles supports the untruthful narrative of Palestinian victimhood. Pray for those journalists who are investigating facts, observing objectively and speaking out against the biased view of Israel put forth in today’s media.

Scripture

Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day.

- Psalm 25:4–5

Prayer Focus
Give thanks for the brave doctors and medics who risked their own lives in order to save the wounded on that tragic and horrible day in October. Pray that they themselves would experience healing of the memories of what they saw and experienced that day and those that followed.

Scripture

Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forever.

- Psalm 131:2–3